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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Tribe: | Cicadettini |
| Genus: | Punia Moulds, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Pauropsalta minima Golding & Froggatt, 1904 | |
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5, see text. | |
Punia is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae endemic to Australia. Members of the genus are called grass pygmies. There are currently five described species in Punia. They are found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. The genus was considered to be a monotypic genus only containing P. minima until the 2020 description of four congeners.
Species
Punia contains five species:
- Punia hyas Moulds, 2020
- Punia kolos Moulds, 2020
- Punia limpida Moulds, 2020
- Punia minima (Goding & Froggatt, 1904)
- Punia queenslandica Moulds, 2020
References
- Owen, Christopher L.; Marshall, David C.; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Simon, Chris (2017-01-25). "How the Aridification of Australia Structured the Biogeography and Influenced the Diversification of a Large Lineage of Australian Cicadas". Systematic Biology. 66 (4): 569–589. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw078. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 28123112.
- "Genus Punia (Grass Pygmy)". dr-pop.net. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- Moulds, M. S. (2020-10-09). "A revision of the Australian cicada genus Punia Moulds, 2012 (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) with the description of four new species". Zootaxa. 4860 (1): 101–115. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4860.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33056174.
Further reading
- Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. ISSN 0067-1975.
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